The NZFSA (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) require producers to operated food safety programmes for a number of reasons. Volume of production and export being common reason. In New Zealand it is also necessary to have a NZFSA approved food safety programme prior to being ranged into Foodstuffs (New World, Pak n Save) or Progressive Enterprises (Woolworths, Foodtown, Countdown).

The NZFSA requires the food safety programme to have HACCP as an integral portion and it needs to independently verified by an onsite audit before the programme can be registered with the NZFSA.